Toy cannon.



G c. LASARES.

TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7 me.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

35 n 'jectile for expelling the same.

L D sTArEs F TE GEORGE QLASARES, F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Tor CANNON,

- 'To all toiwm it may concern r varylng the aim. Communicating in toy I cannons,

- barrel of the Be it known that a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing in the city of Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain followipg is a specification.'

This invention relates to improvements or toy guns, as they are sometimes called, and comprises in general a supporting base member in which the gun is pivotally supporlzed for the purpose 'of conveniently elevati g and depressing the barrel for the purjgose of th the bore of the barrel is a magazine adapted to receive cylindrical shaped projectiles which are piled one above the other to permit the lowermost one to be discharged from .the'

barrel when thefgun is operated.

The operating devices consist, in general,-

of a shaft mounted in the base member and adapted for continuous rotation, if desired.

This shaft extends transversely of the bar-' .jrel: and carries a projection which rotates 1n anopening in therear portion of the barrel. The propelling means comprises a spring one end of which is fixed and the other end passing through a slide which is adapted tobe engaged by the projection on thecontinuously rotatable shaft whereby, as

the projection passes or frees itselffrom the s end of the spring the same is released, causis not new but I am notaware ing the slide to e'ngage'the lowermost pro- I'am aware that, broadly, this particular type of toy struction herein shown and describedand which will be specifically pointed out in the claims is old.

. Referring to the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a longitudinal view of the gun, partially in section, the section being taken on the vertical plane passing through the axis of the barrel and illustrating the operative mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof 1 showmg clearly the opening through the rear end portion of the barrel in which the projection of the operating shaft; rotates, also showing the slide with which the spring actuating membercooperates; and

Fig. 3 1s a view on the line.3'3 of Fig. 1. Referring to the drawings in detail: a

i Specification of Letters GEORGE C. LASARES,

the barrel of new and usefulImprovements in Toy Cannons, of which the portion of the Qtion device between that the conmade of sheet Patent, Patented Mar fi, 1917.

Application filed July 7, 1916. Serial No. 107,927.

rel at the rear portion thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Rotatably mounted in the ,members 1 and 2 is a shaft 8 with which the operating handle 9 is by means of the crank portion 10. This shaft'S carries a projection 11 which is located in the upper part of the opening 7. The projection 11 is designed to engage the integrally connected or base-piece 3. t designates. I

purpose of varying the T or rica. I

upper curved portion of one limb of an L-shaped propelling spring 12 one end of which issecurely fastened to the base 3 as indicated by the staples 13,'the elbow or bent spring passing around and under the fixed pin 14 projecting rearwardly bent portion 15 passes through an opening 16 in a reciprocable slide or boltl'Z. The opening 16, at its ends, is curved in order to the wire 12 and, the

slide. This slide is designed for engaging provide an anti-frie the lowermost one of the pile of pro ectiles when the same is to be expelled. The for-. :ward portion of the slide when moved to its rearmost position normally rests on the rear portion of the bore 6, as indicated at 19. 20 designates a magazine holder which is inserted in an opening 21 in the upper .side ofthe barrel, the lower end of the holder terminates at the bore 6. Th'is'ho'lder may consist of a ight metallic open sided tube iron or other metal and sprung into the opening 21. Located in the upper wardj'edge thereof is a metall 22, which is secured to the tion of rotation of the handle 9 a shouldered spring stop 23 is attached to the outside of the upwardly. extending member 1- which is bent so thatits inwardly extending end enters a recess 24 in the member 1 permitting the crank 10 to snap by one direction but 110 while its upwardly 'portion of the opening 7 and at the .for- 7 ic wear plate I barrel in any suitable way. {In order to limit the direc-,

the opposite direcpreventing its rotation in the handle 'can be tion, or, in other words,

rotated clockwise but not contraclockwise.

Referringnow'to the. operation of the device, it being understood that the holder is filled with projectiles 18, the shaft 8 is operated by the.handle 9' causing the projection 11 to engage the upwardly projecting curved end 15 of the L-shaped spring 12, the

spring is assumed to be in the dotted line osition shoWn in I the spring is bent rearw'ardly into the position shown in full lines, at the same time drawing the slide? rearwardly. This operation permits the lowermost one of the projectiles 18to' fall hold back the pile of g the slide is again withdrawn allowing'the tion extending across down into the bore 6 ofthe barrel. As the projection 11 passes assumes the dotted line position carrying with it the slide 17 which'in turn engages the lowermost projectile 18 causing the same is understood that when the slide crosses the lower end of the magazine 20 it serves to projectiles above until lowermost one to take its position-in the bore 6 in placeof the one previously expelled. It is understood that continuous rotation of the handle 9 results in repeated discharge of the projectiles in rapid order. The spring 12 is prevented 'fromwearing the forward end of the blow of the spring, asshown in Fig.1. It should be stated that the spring 12 normally retains the slide 17 in a forward posithe'lower end of the magazine 20 thereby preventing the projectiles above from being lost or dropping out of the gun when not in use. The opening 7 in the rear part of the barrel/l is made wider'at the top portion in order to accommodate the projection 11 but the lower portioniof the opening 7 is formed as a slot and only wide enough to receive the spring 12.

What I-claim is s. 1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the supporting base, a barrel, said barrel havingan opening in the rear portion thereof and opening into the same under stress, and for releasing, the

spring, the opening in the barrel permitting Fig. 1. As the handle is, rotated the limb 12 of from the curved end 15 the spring is suddenly released and instantly part of the barrel,

of the magazine the opening? by means of the metallic wear plate 22 which receives one end or release the spring for the'purpose of'placing the the plates andadapted for adjustment in a vertical plane, the rear portion of the barrel having an opening" extending through the same and connecting with the bo e of the barrel, means located in the opening forpropelling'the lowermost projectile, and means for operating said means, comprising an L-shaped spring one end of which is secured to the base portion and the angle part of the spring engaging a fixed stop, the other limb of the spring operatively connected to the said propelling means and meansfor engaging the propelling means for discharging the projectiles in a continuous manner, as described.

3; Ina device of the kind described the combination with a supporting base, of a barrel pivotally'connected to the base and having a projectile receiving bore therein which terminates in an opening in the rear a magazine forsupporting a plurality of leading into said bore, a reciprocable device located in the opening in the rear part of the barrel for engaging the lowermost projectile, said device having an opening therethrough, an L-shaped spring secured to the supporting base and having limb engaging and projecting through the opening in the reciprocable device, means engaging the projecting end of. the spring for retracting the slide and for placing the spring under stress prior to its for propelling 'a projectile.

4. In' a toy cannonof the magazine type, the combination with a supporting base, a barrel pivotally connected thereto, cable slide for engaging and propelling the lowermost projectile, a spring for driving the slide forward, a shaft adapted for continuous rotation for placing the spring una predetermined polnt in its travel for operating the slide, said spring having an antifriction connection with the. slide and a curved end with whichthe engaging means of the shaft cooperates to effect the compression and release of the said spring. r

5. Ina toy cannon of the magazine type, the combination with a supporting base, a

barrelpivotally connected thereto, a recipprojectiles, the lower end a recipro rocable slide for engaging and propelling the lowermost projectile, a spring for driving the slide forward, a shaft adapted for continuous rotation for placing the spring under stress'and for permitting its release at a predetermined point in its'travel ating the slide, said spring friction connection with the slide and a curved end with which the engaging means of the shaft cooperates to efi'ect the compression and release of the said spring, and means for preventing the "reverse rotation of thetshaft.

for oper- IA device of the kind described coin-j prising a supporting part, a bored out barrel connected thereto, a projectile holdin magazine communicating with the bore of the barrel, the rear part .of the barrel having an opening, a;projec tile engaging slide mounted for reciprocation in and acrossv the opening, a spring having connection with theslide for propelling the slide, said spring extending upward-from apoint below the slide and through a narrow slot in the bar-- rel, and continuously rotated means -for directly engagingthe springabo've the slide for placing the spring un er. stress and for permitting its release when a] projectile is to be expelled from the barrel;

having an .antidesigned to engage the 7. 'A toy cannon comprising in combination, a barrel, a magazine communicating with the bore ofthe barrel, the barrel having an opening which side of the magazine, for engaging the projectiles in the bore, an L-shaped. propelling spring attached to the slide, and rotatable means in the opening propelling spring and to permit'its release when the slide is. to be operated for expelling a projectile. r

8. A device of the kind described, comprising in combination with a barrel having a bored out portion, means for supplying projectiles to the bored out portion,-a proectile propelling member, an L-shaped spring operatively connected to said member, and means comprising a continuously rotatable member located in an opening 1n the barrel for intermittently engaging and disengaging the free-end of thesprlngto efi'ect the rapid'expulsion of the pro ectiles in'successiom v i GEORGE.,C.-LASARES.

is adjacent the rear a slide in the opening 

